If you ain’t scared… you ain’t human.

In other words, a considerable portion of your extraordinary gift comes from the simple fact that you very much want to do good." -Master George

Your demons are always with you, Skale answered. His voice seemed even raspier than the day before. Don't you understand that by now? Always with you, impossible to escape. But you never can guess how they might manifest themselves.

Awww," Minho said. "That's almost as sweet as that time she slammed the end of a spear into your shuck face.

Wonder why we can do this,' he called out with his mind. The mental effort of speaking to her was already straining—he felt a headache forming like a bulge in his brain. 'Maybe we were lovers,' Teresa said. Thomas tripped and crashed to the ground. Smiling sheepishly at Minho, who’d turned to look without slowing, Thomas got back up and caught up to him. 'What?' he finally asked. He sensed a laugh from her, a watery image full of color.

Just go with it', he thought. 'You won't figure out anything if you give in to fear'.

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